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The Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways has formed an expert committee to study the feasibility of a mega tunnel through the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and Bandipur National Park.
The ministry acknowledged that multiple incidents involving RS wall failures and embankment settlement have been reported since May 2025.
Concessionaire and its promoters and the Independent Engineer have been temporarily suspended from bidding for future projects.
In the reply, it was also reported that a total of 12 deaths occurred along the Aroor–Thuravoor stretch in 2025 alone.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has collected over ₹48 lakh between 2023 and 2024 by issuing challans to underage drivers for violation of traffic rules.
Despite a circular mandating penal provisions for structural failures, no penalty was levied from the project concessionaire and consultant.
The officials said there was no high-level technical panel overseeing these projects.
Highest budget allocated to Kerala; 12% of the total NHAI budget for the year.
The scam came to light during a test check of 1.04 lakh licences through the online data of 'Sarathi.'
Forty-one labourers were trapped nine days back in the under-construction tunnel when a stretch collapsed on November 12, cutting off the workers beyond it
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